Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Hilliard d'Aubeurteuil, 1782 June 25.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1782-06-25

Description:

Paris. Delighted with his approbation of his Remarks on the Treaties between the United States and France; these same observations severely condemned by the Department of Foreign Affairs. A.L.S. 2p. In French.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Bequeathed by Benjamin Franklin to his grandson William Temple Franklin. Bequeathed by William Temple Franklin to George Fox who in turn passed on possession to his children, Charles and Mary. Found at the Fox family estate at Champlost in a stable loft by Mrs. Holbrook around 1862 and given to her by Eliza Fox subsequently. Sold by her son George O. Holbrook to a committee of friends of the University of Pennsylvania Library in 1903 and gifted by them to the University the same year.

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Letters

Geographic Subject:

France -- Paris

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume VI Page 50

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)